Homesick: Seo recounting his experiences at his home in Gwangju. The former spy wants to ‘die in a place where they’re respected’. — AP
GWANGJU (South Korea): He’s spent nearly six decades trapped on enemy soil, surviving 29 years in a prison where he was tortured by South Korean guards before being released to a life of poverty and police surveillance. Now, 89 years old and bedridden with illness, former North Korean spy Seo Ok-yeol just wants to go home.
“People have a need to die in a place where they are respected,” Seo said, though he worries it could be too late to be reunited with the wife and children he left behind.
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